Reviewers also noted governments were not collecting real-time information on the mental health impacts of lockdowns or the impact on children of school closures.
"There was no ongoing monitoring of proportionality of responses… Interventions such as lockdowns should only be used as a last resort, not as a frontline disease control measure."
The reviewers said lockdowns eroded public trust and had "lost credibility with the Australian public."
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Reviewers also noted governments were not collecting real-time information on the mental health impacts of lockdowns or the impact on children of school closures.
"There was no ongoing monitoring of proportionality of responses… Interventions such as lockdowns should only be used as a last resort, not as a frontline disease control measure."
The reviewers said lockdowns eroded public trust and had "lost credibility with the Australian public."